Ginevra Elkann Quotes

I watch an awful lot of old Hollywood movies - I'll devour anything with Bette Davis or Joan Crawford. My absolute favourite is 'Sunset Boulevard' starring Gloria Swanson.

Sunset Boulevard' is my favorite film.

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood.

There's an excellent movie we have on TCM called 'It Happened on Fifth Avenue,' which was originally going to be directed by Frank Capra... but just before he was going to start working on it, he came across this story called 'The Greatest Gift.' And that turned into 'It's a Wonderful Life.'

I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.

The golden age of Hollywood was the conceit of the movie and the style of the movie.

I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.

I am more of an old black and white movies fan.

I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'

I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.

You know, they just don't make big movie stars the way they used to, maybe because the system has changed, the studio system, but it's sad to see people like Jimmy Stewart go, all the giants of the past.

I grew up on Bette Davis movies, and Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe.

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.

'Double Indemnity' is one of my all time favorites. That's my favorite.

I guess being French, I love Hollywood. I love Hollywood movies. Joseph Mankiewicz's 'All About Eve.' 'Mildred Pierce.'

I love 'Sunset Boulevard.' I love the writing, I love the performances, I love the camera work. I think it's a perfect movie.

I love 'Bringing Up Baby.' Anything that Katharine Hepburn's in. I'm committed to the Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn era of filmmaking.

I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.

I love old Hollywood. I love our early film culture.

I was a big fan of Greta Garbo and that era of movies, so I dreamt watching those movies.

My favorite decade of cinema would be kind of the '40s, yeah. I like things in the '30s, but you know, the sound recording in the '30s wasn't very good. But for some reason the movies in the '40s have the best personalities: Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Betty Grable, Gene Tierney, and all those people. For some reason, I seem to gravitate more toward the '40s, and I don't necessarily know why. I just love the people.

If you start watching the oldies, you're in trouble. I feel ancient if "Grand Hotel" or "The Bride Wore Red" comes on. I have a sneaking regard for "Mildred Pierce", but the others do nothing for me.

I would have loved to have been in a Hitchcock movie.

I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.